Episode 18: Cybercrime Accomplice Liability for Tech Companies?

1. I purposefully decided not to discuss on the podcast Justice Scalia’s recent comments on Chicago deep dish pizza because I didn’t think they were news worthy. But now I’m too amused by the response from a Chicago pizzeria owner proposing a Chicago/New York pizza throw down not to mention it in passing. Whatever your opinion of Justice Scalia, I’ll bet money he’s too smart to eat a pizza prepared by anyone from the Greater Chicagoland Area.

3. As is uncomfortably common in the area of cyberlaw, a recent law review article by Brenton Martin and Jeremiah Newhall discusses the fractured jurisprudence surrounding the possibility of criminal accomplice culpability of technology service providers. The counter-example I’m going to discuss on the podcast from Judge Richard Posner should be enough of a reason for you to listen to this episode. (Gavel bang to CrimProf Blog.)

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